Projectile.



A. J. VICTORY.

PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1915.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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ANDREW J. VICTORY, OF BROAD BR OOK, COI TNECTICUT.

PROJECTILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24., line.

Application filed March 9, 1915. Serial No. 13,114.

To (/U iclmm it 722 (1y concern Be it known that I, Annnnw J. VICTORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Broad Brook, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented cer'' tain new and useful Improvements in Projectiles, of" which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to projectiles.

While a projectile involving my invention can be employed with advantage in a variety of different connections, it is of especial utility for breaking down, tearing a ay. or destroying barriers and entanglements such as are used in modern' warfare to halt or check the progress of the enemy.

A device comprising the invention is simple in construction and can be inexpensively and easily manufactured.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification I illustrate in detail several of the many forms of the embodiment of the invention, which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be set forth in detail in the following description. I do not restrict myself to this particular disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several. respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figures 1, 2 and 3 are longitudinal central sectional views of slightly different forms of the pro jectile. Fig. 4 is a detail View of a project able member. i

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The projectileemloodies in its construction a suitable'case and a projectable member in the case. This projectable member may i'ary in its character; one that meets my conditions will be hereinafter described. The case or shell'is preferably entirely closed, and it houses this projectable element, and in ad dition a bursting charge of a suitable explosive. The discharge of the bursting charge which maybe subdivided into a plurality of sub-charges is preferably con.

trolled by a time fuse, so that the bursting charge can fulfillits function at a predetermined point or time, say for illustratlon a short distance in front of an entanglement On the explosion of the burstor barrier.

ing charge, the case or shell is bursted and .the'projectable member released, this projectable member when released being adapt-- nector with the weighted ends can brea ed to follow approximately the trajectory of the projectile. As noted the projcctablc member or element free of the shell. so that when the shell or case bursts. there is nothing to impede the movement of the pro jectahle member which follows its prescribed I course to secure the desired purpose. which is as observed, the breaking down or rupturmg or otherwise affecting a barrier. entanglement or some other obstruction. lVhen I speak of the projectable member'as being free of the case, I mean to imply that the two are disconnected which is of considerable importance as will'be inferred. Thisprojectable member may differ in construction depending upon the particular use to which 'the projectilethat carries it is to be put.

Preferably it consists of two Weights and a flexible connector therefor, a chain answen ing satisfactorily as such a connector and the weights being connected in some convenient manner to the terminals of the chain. This projectable element is inclosed in collapsed relation in the shell or case, and when the. latter bursts to free the projectable member, the weights automatically separate to elon gate or open out the connector, and this relation will be maintained so that the conk down obstructions in its path.

lVith the foregoing general observations I will now describe more in detail what is represented by the several views and will first call attention to Fig. 1. The case or shelL of this View is denoted by 2 andm general form. or configuration is 'qu'itesimilar to the so-called shrapnel shcll. The rear open end of the shell or case is closed-by I the plug '3 in front of which is the bursting charge 4 adapted to be exploded by the time fuse In front of the bursting charge and back of the head. of the shell 2 ma chamber in which is freely mounted a projc'ctable member such as that denoted in 'a general way by 6 and shown in detail in Fig.

l. I might state at this point that the sanie type of projectable member is used in con' 'nection with the shells of Figs. 2, 5 and 4.

In fact the only difference between the. sew eral projectiles is in the bursting charge. This projectable member 6 comprises weights as 7 and 8 of duplicate construction and the connector 9 therefor. The connector shown is in the form of a chain, its terminal links beingswiseled in the eyes 10 at .the inner ends of the two weights 7 and S.

weights of substantially conical or frusto- .conical' shape, the consequence being that I insure the spreading or separation of the weights when they are released from the shell by the bursting thereof. As a result of this the connector or chain is opened out and covers a wider field than it would other- W188 do, besides which acting much more effectually than when in a tautened or practically tautened condition. The weights 7 and S-are shown as superimposed in Fig. 1 the connecting chain 9 being wrapped partly about'the same and being located inpart in the space back of the weights. In Fig. 2 the case or shell 11 is exactly like that already described, as is the connector 9 in said shelL or case 11. In Fig. 2 the bursting char e l2, however, is situated between the.

weights 7 and 8. In the shell or case 1 3 of Copies of tmspatent may be obtained tor'flvecents' each, by addressing the Commissionerot latentl,

spaced from said'burs ting charge;

portions 14 .and 15.

' What I claim is:

A projectile comprising a shell, 21 bursting charge in the rear of said shell, and'a projectable member in the shell, the project-' able'member being free of'the s'helland re:

leasable by the shell when the latter bursts,

and having weights and a-fiexible chain con- I necting the weights, the weights being located in the front end of the shell and being the chainlbei'ng "receivable in t a part of e space be tween the bursting charge and the weights.

In testimony whereof aflix my signa ture in presence of two, Witnesses.

ANDREW J, VICTORY. Witnesses: I

. 1 BENJ. S. .HANSONI;

IIARRY C. 'Bnoom Washington, D. G. 

